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# Prisoners

All time
Closure of St Patrick’s Institution is 'unfinished' as 8 boys remain locked up
7 Sep 2014
12.8k
8
Aaron McKenna: To combat crime, we must make prison softer
Aaron McKenna
23 Aug 2014
135
79
Over 90% of the beds in Irish prisons are taken
18 Aug 2014
7.8k
37
Sniffer dog unit at Wheatfield Prison 'compromised' after false indications – report
18 Aug 2014
15.6k
25
Mobile phones, modems and USB keys found in dissident wing of Portlaoise Prison
12 Aug 2014
14.1k
80
Over 226 prisoners in Cork still forced to 'slop out'
25 Jul 2014
12.3k
77
'One suicide within prison is too many'
19 Jun 2014
5.9k
27
Poll: Do you agree with the early release of short-term prisoners?
8 Jun 2014
10.4k
55
'From scumbag to student': The power of prison education
25 May 2014
18.8k
54
More than 300 prisoners are still slopping out
21 May 2014
9.5k
95
New Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian schoolgirls
12 May 2014
9.4k
35
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know this morning as you start your week.
12 May 2014
9.1k
7
Pro-Russian rebels present peace-keeping 'prisoners of war' to international media
27 Apr 2014
10.5k
187
Shatter orders urgent investigation into the recording of prisoner phone calls
2 Apr 2014
4.3k
15
Penal Reform Trust to Prison Service: Prisoners deserve an apology along with lawyers
2 Apr 2014
3.8k
30
Conversations between 84 prisoners and their solicitors were ‘inadvertently recorded’
1 Apr 2014
12.9k
65
'Somewhat incredible': Martin asks why Shatter was not informed of Garda phone tapping sooner
1 Apr 2014
7.6k
34
Limerick prison still 'chronically overcrowded' despite report signalling improvements
5 Mar 2014
7.3k
50
Peter Robinson accused of 'playing the hard man' after saying he won't resign
28 Feb 2014
8.4k
158
Sunbeds, Prince Harry, and Superquinn sausages: The week in numbers
15 Feb 2014
15.3k
9
64: The number of prisoners escaped since 1996 still at large
10 Feb 2014
9.2k
18
Concerned Cork residents say new prison will overshadow their homes
20 Jan 2014
15.6k
42
US releases three ethnic Muslims from China held in Guantanamo Bay
31 Dec 2013
5.5k
37
11 films released in 2013 that you should really catch up on
26 Dec 2013
4.2k
1
249 prisoners to be released from Irish jails over Christmas
23 Dec 2013
11.9k
63
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.
17 Dec 2013
6.2k
8
Extract: ‘Soldiers have an affinity with the detainees in Guantanamo. It would be bad to shoot them – it’ll be lethal injection’
Tom Clonan
16 Dec 2013
249
27
UK study reveals that one in four female prisoners self-harm
16 Dec 2013
3.9k
10
13 life sentence prisoners were recalled to prison between 2001-2012
6 Dec 2013
11.7k
38
Overcrowding at Dóchas women's prison has led to "tension throughout" the centre
3 Dec 2013
10.9k
65
"Not all prisoners are suitable for release"- Shatter speaks about parole
25 Oct 2013
5.5k
53
US court takes up appeal on Gitmo force-feeding
18 Oct 2013
6.5k
18
Prison reports: Improving facilities, some violence and concerns about lock-ups
12 Sep 2013
5.7k
27
German POWs were once held at what is now Garda College
21 Jul 2013
11.5k
19
Women prisoners line up fashion label
9 Jun 2013
8.4k
15
Pressure grows on Obama to free hunger strikers - or put them on trial
11 May 2013
7.3k
29
Committee calls on government to reduce prisoner numbers by one-third
27 Mar 2013
5.6k
56
Pussy Riot member taken to hospital
1 Feb 2013
10.1k
15
UN says torture of prisoners in Afghanistan persists
21 Jan 2013
3.7k
11
Activists slam Myanmar amnesty ahead of Obama visit
15 Nov 2012
3.2k
1
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